phpLinkat Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

vendor:

phpLinkat

by:

SecurityFocus

3.3

CVSS

MEDIUM

Cross Site Scripting

CWE

Product Name: phpLinkat

Affected Version From: N/A

Affected Version To: N/A

Patch Exists: NO

Related CWE: N/A

CPE: N/A

Metasploit: N/A

Other Scripts: N/A

Tags: N/A

CVSS Metrics: N/A

Nuclei References: N/A

Nuclei Metadata: N/A

Platforms Tested: N/A

2002

phpLinkat Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

phpLinkat is prone to cross site scripting attacks. An attacker may exploit this vulnerability by enticing a victim user to follow a malicious link containing HTML and script code. The attacker-supplied HTML and script code may be executed on a web client in the context of the site hosting phpLinkat. Attackers may potentially exploit this issue to manipulate web content or to steal cookie-based authentication credentials. It may be possible to take arbitrary actions as the victim user.

Mitigation:

Input validation should be used to ensure that user-supplied data is properly sanitized.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5890/info

Reportedly, phpLinkat is prone to cross site scripting attacks.

An attacker may exploit this vulnerability by enticing a victim user to follow a malicious link containing HTML and script code. The attacker-supplied HTML and script code may be executed on a web client in the context of the site hosting phpLinkat.

Attackers may potentially exploit this issue to manipulate web content or to steal cookie-based authentication credentials. It may be possible to take arbitrary actions as the victim user.

http://target/showcat.php?catid=<Script>JavaScript:alert('test');</Script>

http://target/addyoursite.php?catid=<Script>JavaScript:alert('test');</Script>